Grow Local Colorado | Growing local food,<br />local community<br />and our local economy

Grow Local is a new project developed by community leaders, gardeners, locavores, farmers and businesses to help more people grow more food locally. This website is a resource hub for information, expertise and partnership in establishing your own food garden in your home, business, or public space. (find out more about the project)


Start a Garden	Garden Space Exchange	Local Food Resources

How To Get Involved

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Register your garden - whether an urban farm or container garden, share it with us!
Find or offer garden space with our Garden Space Exchange
Take the Grow Local Pledge and take actions to support local food
Share resources about local food with others in the community
Learn more about gardening and local food
Look for or submit events about local food
Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on the Grow Local Colorado project

Upcoming Events

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Colorado Local Farmers' Market - Colorado Mills

09/05/2010 - 9:00am - 2:00pm
Limon Community Farmer's Market, 941 Main

09/08/2010 - 5:15pm
Native Seed Collection and Propagation

09/09/2010 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Local Foods Festival

09/11/2010 - 11:00am - 09/12/2010 - 4:00pm
Colorado Local Farmers' Market - Colorado Mills

09/12/2010 - 9:00am - 2:00pm

Featured Garden

Anarchist Agriculture

Built a greenhouse this year out of old storm windows, but was unable to use it very early. Next year (and over winter) should have a good head start. I'm planting in 3x3 wooden crates discarded from warehouses, a 4X16 raised bed from reclaimed lumber, and the good old ground. I've reclaimed 16X50 ft patch of lawn in addition to the official fenced-in garden area. I never have enough compost and will be stealing leaves this fall. Need to...

Neighborhood: Guerilla Garden

Local Food Blog Articles

A Congenial Evening with Smith-Madrone Wines from Culinary Colorado Blog [Thu, 09/02/2010 - 9:48pm]

Fantasy evening of food and wine at LoDo loftI...

Getting ready from Local Harvest Blog [Thu, 09/02/2010 - 6:35pm]

Its been a little bit since I've posted anything, but last week was busy as we caught a full week of super beautiful weather, so we cut the rest of our second crop hay. Friday through...

Breakfast With A Cause from Local Harvest Blog [Thu, 09/02/2010 - 3:40pm]

Janet and I emerged from our car onto the sunny residential street on the west side of Ann Arbor. It was Good Friday morning and a rare weekday off for me. Instead of sleeping in or starting up one...

ADD MORE GARLIC AND LAISSEZ LE BON TEMPS ROULER from Local Harvest Blog [Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:24pm]

On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we would like to acknowledge the people of New Orleans and surrounding areas for their courage, strength and tenacity in getting their communities and...

Fall from Local Harvest Blog [Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:14pm]

Just in case you haven’t spent the last two weeks “under the Texas sun”, I thought that I would share with you that fall is on its way. During August, our days were hot, hot, hot and sticky...